Mucormycosis: A Life Threatening Public Health Disease

The alarming Coronavirus which affected the whole world has resulted in various complication affecting majority of population throughout the world. The pandemic COVID 19 has led to surge of potentially life threatening invasive fungal disease (IFD) called Mucormycosis. It is one of the aggressive devasting disease and is  considered as oppurtunistic fungal infection affecting immunocompromised individuals. Mucormycosis, so called Black Fungus is caused by mucormycetes group of molds. India has declared mucormycosis as notifiable disease in May 2021 as rate of COVID 19 associated mucormycosis cases has increased tremendously. This review article presents  the causes of this infection,the mode of spread ,sign and symptoms in the human body, and its diagnosis with available recent therapies. The diagnosis and identification of the infection were made possible through various latest medical techniques.